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Marc Topkin

Shane McClanahan sharper but home-field chances worsen for Rays after loss to Astros

HOUSTON — Having clinched a playoff berth on Friday, the Rays head into the final days of the regular season with a few things still to play for.

Most prominent is their seeding among the three American League wild-card teams, which will determine who and where they play when the best-of-three, one-site wild-card series opens this Friday.

Getting beat 2-1 by the AL-best Astros on Saturday didn’t help their chances to get home, as they fell to 86-72 and three games behind the frontrunning Blue Jays (89-69) with four games left.

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